Wild West Island Guide

Go to Wild West Island if you’re not there yet. Go right until you see a cowboy trying to trade your future horsey companion, Elmer. Anyway, talk to the cowboy and try to tame the horse. Try to keep your cursor over the white one, and once Elmer is tamed, he’s all yours. You’ll also get a little Horse Whistle you can use if you and Elmer get separated.

Talk to the lady on the horse, and she’ll give you a Letter to Marshal, to be delivered to Marshal Taylor at the Diamond Plains.

Now you and Elmer can leave town. Once you leave, pull down your map on the top right hand corner to see Diamond Plains. Go there.

Go right, to the Saloon, and talk to the guys who are spitting gum. Join them and play. Aim your arrow and click to spit your gum into the pot when your aim is perfect. The one who gets the most gum in wins.

When you win (keep trying if you don’t win!), you will find out that the Marshal is the snoring guy towards the end of the shop. You will go and tell him you have a letter for him, but you’ll have to read it. He won’t help, so you’ll be the new Marshal. He’ll give you his Marshal’s Badge.

Put it on to show everyone who’s boss. You can leave Diamond Plains now.

Go back to Dusty Gulch, and get your picture taken. You have to hold the camera on you while it develops, and when it’s done, you’ll get your own Portrait.

Go back to Diamond Plains, and enter the Marshal Building. It looks like this:

In case you were wondering what the Members-only outfit looks like, there it is in the above picture. Anyway, go inside. Use your portrait, and since you are officially the new Marshal, you get the Pea Shooter! Do you realize that you can now shoot peas?

Anyway, just as you get the Pea Shooter, the ground will begin to shake. El Mustachio’s Gang is rescuing the jailed person! They will take off, but you and Elmer have to help! Follow the Mustachio horses, until they go into the train entrance.

Then you’ll say they got away. Now, find the star in Dos Cactos, and enter from the shooting side.

Once in there, enter the shooting contest by talking to the man by the booth. Aim about one centimeter above your object, then shoot, but be faster than your opponent. To reload, click the “Reload” button at the top.

You will have to play against five opponents, and if you beat them all, the last opponent – Miss Annie Oakley – will be impressed and give you your own Spud Gun.

Now, go up the little hill to the casino. Go inside, and go to the top floor. Talk to the guy with cards on his hat. You’re gonna play a game of Slap Jack! What you have to do is put a card in the centre when it’s your turn, and when you see a Jack in the center, you slap it! But here’s the catch: the opponents move the Jack, so you have to be sure it’s properly placed before slapping it. Otherwise, you lose a card.

When you have all the cards, you win a Map to Gold.

You’re done with the casino, but if you go to the right, you’ll find a boy with a big head. He says he needs a blue tulip to cure him – you’ll get that later.

For now, go to Rock Ridge. Talk to the cowgirl with orange hair. She needs her cattle back, and after talking to you, she’ll give you a Lasso.

Go find that cow! Activate your Lasso by pressing space bar. Follow the little trail of hoofprints, and go north a little bit.

You’ll find the little cow. When your Lasso is pointing straight her, use your space bar again. The cow will resist, but don’t force her yet. But after a little while, she’ll know who’s boss, and she’ll follow you. Lead her to the ranch that looks like this:

After you’ve led her there, go back to Rock Ridge. Talk to the cowgirl, and you’ll get an Old Saddle.

The cowgirl will also say she could use your help wrangling five of her cattle that have escaped – this part is optional, but if you leave town and help her by lassoing five more cows, she’ll reward you with the Rattlesnake Wrangler costume. Again, it’s not necessary, but you get a cool costume for doing it!

Also, walk right of the cowgirl, and R.J. Earl will give someone a bad potion that will turn them invisible.

Moving on, head on over to Dusty Gulch and talk to the trader at the trading post, trading your Old Saddle away for a Gold Pan. The pan’s not gold; it’s for panning gold.

Now, go to this location on your Map:

Once you get there, examine it to start panning for gold. Click on a sparkling spot to pan, then shake off the dirt to see if you’ve found any gold.

If you found the gold, it should look like this:

Yay! A Gold Nugget! You can get something for that over in Rock Ridge.

Talk to R.J. Earl (at Rock Ridge) and use your Gold Nugget. He’ll give you some of everything: a fine selection of R.J. Earl’s Tonics!

Go back to Dusty Gulch, and this time, trade your pan for the Oil Can.

Now go to Diamond Plains. Find this entrance, and go inside.

Inside, you will have to drop some red platforms (click the silver knobs) and push some boxes in order to reach the top. Watch out for the pale brown wood, which falls if you step on it.

At the top, you will see the back of the clock, with all its gears and cogs.

Only it’s gonna look really dirty and rusty. Click on it, and now you’ll need to oil just the eight gears that connect from either side of the two important big gears. Use the oil on them until they let off a shine, being careful to add just enough so you don’t run out of oil. If you’re having trouble oiling a specific gear, click and hold a bit to the right of the gear you want to oil.

Now click on the button in the lower-right to turn the gears, and the clock will be fixed.

Leave that room, and if you talk to the worker, you’ll find that the train is pulling up! Ride the train to Rock Ridge, and you’ll have to stop a train robbery on the way. The Mustachio gang is at it again!

Use your Spud Gun, and shoot at them! With Concentration Carbohydrate, they’ll seem to slow down, but you only have a limited supply. You must shoot each person once. Reload whenever possible.

You will arrive in Rock Ridge. Find the canary (the yellow bird), who’s resting on a ledge just next to the train station, and shoot at it. Don’t worry, it’ll only make him drop a Canary Key.

Next, go left to the door with the lock. Use the key to go inside. Inside the mine, go right. Rocks will fall.

Go right and hop onto the mining cart. This next part is similar to Nabooti Island, except instead of ducking and jumping, you have to shoot at the targets to switch tracks if necessary – otherwise, you might be led off track and fall off!

Your potato ammunition is unlimited, so fire at will! You can even knock down the flying bats, and you’ll pass about ten track-switchers before eventually coming to a stop.

Find the Blue Tulip and go up (why is there a cow just sitting there?).

Once you go up, go right. A guy will be crying because Mustachio and his gang have wreaked havoc on his bank. Above the crying dude’s head, there is a piece of paper. Grab it and you’ll have half the Map to Hideout.

Go to Dos Cactos (you can take the train), and give the Tulip to the kid with the giant head. His head will shrink to normal and he will give you the other half of the Map to Hideout.

Are you ready for the battle with Mustachio? Well, this is it! Ride to the star in the lower-left corner:

Use the Transparency Tonic to help you sneak past, and go inside their cabin for the final shootout. You will have to get rid of everyone except El Mustachio Grande. Avoid getting shot!

For the girl in purple, shoot at the money bags above her. They’ll spill. Then, shoot at her using Concentration Carbohydrate to slow down the scene.

For the guy in blue, next to Mustachio, shoot at the candle to light it, and it will put the rope on fire. Get rid of him using Concentration Carbohydrate.

For the guy with the orange beard, shoot the gun lying under the cow head. Take him out using Concentration Carbohydrate.

For the other guy with a sombrero, shoot the root beer on the shelf, which will make the wheel drop on the guy. Take him out with Concentration Carbohydrate.

Then El Mustachio will take off – so take off after him! Follow Mustachio, and then lasso him and take him to Diamond Plains.

El Mustachio Grande will be sent to jail, and you’ll get your Island Medallion and credits to spend at the Store! Congratulations, cowboy (or cowgirl), you’ve finished Wild West Island!

Hey Slanted Fish! I couldn’t get a cow off of a stone it was standing on, but my horse could jump over it. Strangely, the cow would not cross and if I tried to pull, the cow would just stay there and not come down, and some distance later my lasso would become unattached to the cow. I tried reloading a couple of times but it didn’t work :( No rattlesnake costume 4 me… :(

That happened to me too, but you have to enter Rock Ridge again (ignore the cow) and leave again so the cow comes out of the rock. Unfortunately, I think this restarts the quest so you’ll have to get the 5 cows again.

As in the PHB staff? Not all of us have memberships. And if someone else from the PHB community is willing to help, it saves us a lot of time and effort. I’ve written island walkthroughs in the past, but life gets busier and I no longer have the capacity to continue that. I’m glad you like PHB-written guides, but the PHB thinks you’ll still enjoy the guides they choose to publish on the blog.

Great job making this guide! It really helped me! I hated when I was almost finished with the bandits on the train, but then I hit one of those ad’s at the side! Start all over, Almost finished, Hit ad, Start all over, Almost finished, Hit ad, Start all over, Almost finished, Hit ad and you know how it went….

Hey everyone!!! I got on Wild West Island and went into the multiplayer room and was able to customize a phone. Maybe the creators got rid of not being able to customize handheld items. :) THis is making my day great so far.

Hijuyo: Doesn’t seem to work with all characters with handheld items, but there are reports of this happening, which is interesting.

They did get rid of it!!!!!!!!!!! I went to super power island and I could customise the pretzels from the officers and the hotdog holder! Yaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! Major date!!!
I am gonna go see other islands and see if i can costumise handheld items!

No, they haven’t got rid of it. I can customise handheld items. in my main character I was able to get the skateboard of the kid of poptropica and in my other character, I got Hade’s scepter, which, i have always wanted, because it’s soooo cool! My other charcter now looks like she’s his demigod daughter or something.

When I talked to the lady, I got to tell her that I have my own steed, and got the letter. However, I couldn’t leave town until I actually got on my horse.
To leave town, I had to go left.
Maybe these should be included in the guide.

HEEELLPP! I am also stuck! I have retrieved the blue tulip, but when I came up from underground, there wasn’t a crying..person. (Great guide though! I go on this website everyday!) BTW: I didn’t pass the train robbery game.. Is that why I can’t find the crying dude? The train robbery game is practically impossible! Thankxx :)

Hijuyo: Yes, you need to beat the train robbery first. After you’ve done that, you should return to Rock Ridge, where you will find the banker crying at his now burnt down bank.

I deeply hate the train robbery shootout. I’m getting irritated at these mandatory little games they’re putting into everything. I failed so much at the spitting contest that the game went easy on me and had the guy lose almost immediately. Argh

Sweetheart, its really not that hard. The trick is that you have to aim IN FRONT of them. Not like directly on them considering the fact that they are moving. Oh and be sure right after you shoot someone and make them go back, be sure to check you ammo. If its low reload it. It saves lots of trouble later. :) hope I helped.

Try to stay in the first two windows. Aim right after the first window frame. Aim for just in front on the horses heads and quickly shoot three times. Reload and wait for the next robber. Use the Carbonate only when you miss the first three shots and have to move over to the second set of windows. There is a small timer at the top right which shows how long you have left to defend the train from robbers.

Well uh, all you have to do, and this way you don even have to use CC, is when your gonna shoot them, aim IN FRONT of them. It makes it sooooo much eaiser. And Yes I know Im probably spelling stuff wrong right now but Im not like a spelling or grammer wiz…..did someone already say that? hmmmmm……… :D rofl O_O

Please put this very important warning here!
At “They will take off, but you and Elmer have to help! Follow the Mustachio horses”, you MUST not lost track of the horses, otherwise you can’t even complete the island! It’s happened to me!

Well, here are some tips if you need any: I go to the very back of the train and keep my eyes on the screen with my hand resting on the spacebar. As soon as someone comes, press spacebar immediately and shoot a little ahead of the horse. Move more to the right and use Concentration Carbonate again to shoot the horse a second time before they reach the middle of the train. Then use CC one more time and shoot the horse when it’s passing the middle of the train. Reload. Go back and repeat. This worked for me . . .

I need help. My game kept freezing up, so I got out of it, but whenever I come back to the Wild West island, I am on the horse already, but when I try to leave town, it won’t let me. It says that I should see if the tired rider needs help first. Then I try to help her and she says that I need to get a steed of my own. So I go to the guy taming the horses but the horse just keeps jumping up and down and not letting me get anywhere in the game. I am already on the horse and it won’t let me dismount. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hijuyo: That sounds like a glitch from Poptropica’s part. However, be sure you have done everything you’re supposed to do before leaving town, just in case you may have missed something.

Do I have to lasso the 5 more cows? If I need to lasso them 5 more cows, Can someone give me direction where NEAR to find them 5 cows. Thank You.

Hijuyo: You don’t have to lasso those 5 cows to complete the quest, but doing so rewards you with a Rattlesnake Wrangler costume. The cows can be found not far from the ranch where you put the first cow earlier.

Tip for the five cows one: When you see a cow, stop moving on your horse. The cow will be in your sight, directly in front of you and much easier to lasso. This also doesn’t make the other cows run away so you can’t find them (So annoying when this happens…)

Dont worry about the shooting part. You’ll just be shooting peas and spuds, which I wouldn’t mind doing in real life. Now that I meantioned this, I would like to get a pea gun and shoot my cousin. He hates peas. So do I, but I can threaten to reveal that he reads girly magazines… XD

But then I have to do the train robbery shootout, and that’s hard. I’m literally using the Concetration Carbohydrate, but they still make it to the front of the train. Is there an easy way to do this, because I started a Dos Cactos to give me a short amount of time?

@Red Kid – It doesn’t matter where you start the game; it’ll still be the same. It IS pretty hard for most people and will probably take try after try, but what I suggest is using the Concentration Carbohydrate every time a rider appears near the beginning and shooting at it. If you missed, make sure you scroll the view over so you can catch them before they reach the front. Don’t forget to reload ammunition, and don’t give up! :)

This guide helped a lot. Did anyone notice that Elmer’s owner said that if he wasn’t tamed he would be sent off to the glue factory? And Elmer’s is a brand of glue? I found that a little funny…sort of…

The train robbery is SO hard! I will keep trying, but if I never finish it while here in Japan, I will have to wait until i get to the States–my cousin is a Poptropica EXPERT! Seriously, on my old account (that I lost due to a freeze on Nabooti Island) he finished Early Poptropica for me. That was awesome for me cause I was 6,7, or 8 and afraid of spiders(I still am afraid of spiders). I know Early Poptropica is easy-but it wasn’t when I was 6,7, or 8. Now I’m 9 and it is easy but I haven’t done it on my new account due to my arachniphobia( I probably spelled that wrong even though I am a grammar and spelling wiz. But I hate grammar and spelling. I like science best). The easiest island for me was Big Nate Island. You know, if you meet me today for the 1st time, you would say I talk too much, but after a day or 2 I calm down.

The owner of Elmer at the beginning said if you cant tame elmer he will send him to a glue factory and Elmer is a brand of a glueLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!! And at the gum game my rival flew his gum so far away from the vase it was hard not to laugh! In slap jack Ireccomend to leave your hand on the cards incase of a need for a fast slap!

What’s the difference between the spud gun and the pea shooter? Is there some advantage potatoes have over peas?
Also, has anyone noticed what happens to your photograph when you walk into the Marshal’s office chewing Pop Gum( it’s free at the store, by the way)?

Hijuyo: Potatoes are larger, so shooting them is assumed to be stronger than shooting peas.

Do you have to take the train to Dos Cactos? I keep failing at the train robbery. Maybe there’s a cow in the mining cart because they were OBVIOUSLY shipping cows for something. Milk, beef, uh…but really, the train?

Hijuyo: Yeah, you will eventually have to do the train robbery part if you want to continue with the rest of the island, otherwise certain parts will not happen that are supposed to happen (such as the burned buildings).

i cant find the footprints of the other five cows
and i actually “scanned” the whole map looking for them, but i didnt find a thing.if this is a glitch, how can i get that costume? (BTW, im a rare item collector, i got nearly all rare items and my character is rarely to be found alike somewhere else so i NEED the wrangler’s costume

Hijuyo: Try logging out and back in again, and redoing the 5 cows part. Maybe the footprints will show up this time, and remember to keep track of them.

Here is how to do the train robbery. Ok here is how.
If you see one of the grande gang, shoot them once and they will turn around. Try not to get shoot. If you need them to stop, use the potion or watever it is, then shoot them. Keep doing and doing it and when time runs out, you have won. Congradulations! You have won! I didn’t watch a video though. I used my smarts. Enjoy the tip!

Ugh, I hate the bit when you have to shoot the people in the train robbery and i was like to my sister what is a potato ment to do to them?
It’s really bad this one but I love the new game mystery train!!! Sooooo awesome!!!!

Help, I am stuck! I got the first part of the map(from the big-head guy) but I can’t get the other. I know I’m supposed to get it after I beat the train game, but ever time I go on the train, it doesn’t let me play. HELP!
p.s. i think i have everything in my bag. I have the potions too.

Go to Rock Ridge and talk to R.J Earls. He’ll say you don’t have enough money to buy anything, but that is when you click on the gold nugget in your inventory. He’ll give you one of every potion he owns.

Not sure if anyone else noticed this, but you know how the horse trainer guy says that if you can’t tame Elmer, he’s going to the glue factory? Does no one see the connection here? If we hadn’t tamed him, he would have been made into glue.
ELMER’S GLUE.
o_0

after i did the shoot out and el mustachio said “you will never catch me!” and i was chasing his hourse, i caught it and was bringing it to the jail, and he got tangled and got loose and ran INTO A ROCK! now i’m stuck! there is nowhere to land my horse and el mustachio is LITERLY OFF THE MAP!!!!!! what should i do?

HELP!
After I got the blue tulip I went straight to the guy with the big head and got half of the hideout map but when I went back to rock ridges there was no guy crying and no piece of paper. Now I don’t know what to do. Please help :\

Also if it’s because I haven’t done the train shoot-out thing I tried going on it from diamond plains but I just go straight to Dos Cactos. I think I’ve already bet that part, but I don’t really remember cuz last time I played this island was when it first came out.

I really don’t see what all the fuss is about. I don’t want to brag, but I beat it on my first try. You need to shoot a little in front of the riders because they are moving targets; make sure you have ammunition.

Thank u everyone for ur advice. I think I might just try and restart the island. -_-” ohh well
but got another problem :\
before i had read the comments on here i went and tried finishing twisted thicket island and i did (thanks to da guide on this awesum website)
BUT when i was being handed the medal and credits, i lagged out, had to refresh da page and even restart my computer, and when i logged back in, the game went back to when ur in the forest center and everyone’s turned into stone so i’m suppose to automatically run right and do the end again BUT my character gets stuck and there’s nothin i can do to move cuz the cursor is on dat loading circle when somethin just happens. ANYWAYS now i’m stuck, cant go anywhere and cant click on anything on the game screen (includin da map). Already tried loggin back in/out, nothin changes cuz it didn’t save properly. I’ll try to get a screenshot to show u how i’m stuck.
please help & srry for da long comment ^

nevmind guys it fixed it self :) and der must hav been an error cuz the forest center turned into a common room and now i’m friends with the elf queen and elf guard. i could even chat with them and battle against them! it’s all pretty weird and idk wat systems done but it’s gd by me! :D

Didnt i reply to this before? oh well anyone who likes Percy Jackson i’ll probably like because i love it! anyone reading mark of athena? annnyway favourite characters
percy,annabeth,hazel.piper,grover,tyson and Ella The Harpy (not in order) heres the order
annabeth=hazel=piper=ella=percy (equally),grover and tyson (cos he’s a bit cuckooo
i mean ‘I LIKE CHICKEN PONIES’ is hardly a message to put on Rick Riordan Myth Master website am i right?)

In the beginning of the guild, you didn’t mention about where the camera was or how to get it. Is it an item you recieve in your bag or is it something you temporarily use, because I’m confused how to take my picture.

ok so ive done everything (i think) but when I go on the train to Dos Cactos it wont let me play the shooting game! Im pretty sure I beat it a while ago (because I left the island and came back) but I only have the map piece from the kid with the big head. Does anyone know how to fix this??

the story of the blue cow: the blue cow was an adult it was a little bit shy it was good it was happy but one day the cow heard grumbling like an avalanche! it stayed still until it fell in a hole it was in a ( diamond ) minecart she waited… then it saw someone it was a girl she ignored the cow but she gave it wheat. she threw a letter also from its owner the letter said “my dear blue cow these pieces of wheat are my bye bye gifts youre in a hole a girl told me your gonna be safe also survive with water – katty c. arntonez” the girl threw a water bucket then she left. the cow survived and he decided to go out to be with them it saw its family and they lived happily ever after THE END.

i get to the gears, but when i try to oil a gear, it won’t oil the gear i click, it oils a gear across or next to it. Is that supposed to happen? some of the gears won’t unrust in any way because i can’t find a way to oil them. please help!!!

SlantedFish I did everything but I don’t have the other half of the map. I really don’t know what happened but I swear I did everything? Is it like a glitch or what? I know (Late already 2015) LOL But what actully happened?

What do you mean as in Click on it, and use your oil for all the gears that connect one side of the clock to the other. (That’s each gear in between the two important big gears.) Use the oil on them until they let off a shine, being careful to add just enough so you don’t run out of oil.?